From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Grant   6 June 1867

Botanic Gardens

June 6th 1867

Sir

I have the honor to solicit that you will be pleased to sanction the expenditure of the undermentioned sums, available out of the Votes for the current year for this establishment and place them at my disposal for disbursement.

Purchase of Plants & Seeds

£

50.0.0.

Stores Stationery &c

120.0.0.

Publication of Works on Aust. Plants

80.0.0.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your most obedient

Ferd. Mueller,

Direct. bot Garden

The honorable the President of the Board of Land & Works1

M's letter was read by the Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, C. Hodgkinson, who minuted on 15 June 1867: 'Mr Agg to submit this application for consideration of the Honble The Commr of Lands & Survey'. Grant was the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey as well as the President of the Board of Land and Works.

MS written by Ernst Heyne and signed by M.

Please cite as “FVM-67-06-06a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/67-06-06a